Vermont hosted the championships March 9-12 at the Stowe Mountain Resort Family Lodge.

Denver continued a winning tradition for teams in the West region, which has produced the national champion for the past 11 years. The last East team to prevail in the championship was Vermont in 1994.

The Pioneers finished with a total of 622 1/ 2 points. Host Vermont finished second with 575 points, buoyed by strong performances by Lowell Bailey and Ethan Foster, who finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the men's 20-kilometer freestyle.

Utah placed third with one of its best performances of the season, finishing with 545 points. The Utes used their performance on the final day of competition to slide past Dartmouth, which dropped to fifth after the last races. Last year's champion New Mexico finished fourth with 518 points.

Denver ended the 2005 season with wins at all five invitationals as well the national championship. Kurt Smitz, Denver's director of skiing operations, noted the team's performance was strong all season long.

"Overall, I am thrilled with the way this team performed, not only this week, but throughout the season," he said. "The Alpine conditions weren't ideal, but we fought through it and our team came together at the Nordic races to end a great season."

The performance of 2004 runner-up Utah was bolstered by junior Magnus Carlsson and sophomore Daniel Sonntag's top-five finishes in the 20K freestyle. Utah coach Kevin Sweeney was pleased with his team's performance, too.

"The Utes charged and staged a great comeback to place third overall," Sweeney said. "What a day -- hard snow all day and a very difficult course. Our goal was to hunt down Dartmouth and Vermont and we closed the gap significantly."

Reisshauer won the 20-kilometer freestyle with a time of 55:57.3, edging Erling Christiansen of Colorado by 10.7 seconds. Reisshauer also took the men's 10-kilometer classical title on the second day of competition, leading Denver to take three of the top four places in that race.

Mandy Kaempf from Alaska Anchorage won her second national championship in the women's 15-kilometer freestyle, finishing 36 seconds ahead of her closest competitor, teammate Nicole DeYong. She also won the women's 5-kilometer classical.

The Vermont skiers took a 30-point lead after the first day of competition with a sweep of the men's and women's giant slalom -- by freshman Greg Hardy and junior Jamie Kingsbury, respectively. It was Kingsbury's second individual championship in three years.

Despite Vermont's dominance in the slalom, Denver captured the points lead on day two and never looked back.

Other individual winners were Megan Hughes of Middlebury in the women's slalom and David Chodounsky of Dartmouth in the men's slalom.

Team results

1. Dartmouth, 622 1/ 2; 2. Vermont, 575; 3. Utah, 545; 4. New Mexico, 518; 5. Dartmouth, 486; 6. Colorado, 438; 7. Alas. Anchorage, 436; 8. Middlebury, 326; 9. Nevada, 303; 10. New Mexico, 300; 11. Colby, 280; 12. New Hampshire, 222 1/ 2; 13. Montana St., 209; 14. Williams, 201; 15. Alas. Fairbanks, 165; 16. Boise St., 92; 17. Whitman, 71; 18. Michigan Tech, 61; 19. St. Lawrence, 56; 20. Wis.-Green Bay, 42; 21. Bates, 30; 22. Western St., 26.

Individual champions

Men's 10-kilometer freestyle: Rene Reisshauer, Denver, 30:49.1.

Women's 5-kilometer freestyle cross country: Mandy Kaempf, Alas. Anchorage, 17:19.3.

Men's giant slalom: Greg Hardy, Vermont, 1:45.49.

Women's giant slalom: Jamie Kingsbury, Vermont, 1:55.03.

Men's 20-kilometer classical cross country: Rene Reisshauer, Denver, 55:57.3.

Women's 15-kilometer classical cross country: Mandy Kaempf, Alas. Anchorage, 46:18.8.

Men's slalom: David Chodounsky, Dartmouth, 1:18.12.

Women's slalom: Megan Hughes, Middlebury, 1:25.39.

Team results

1. Dartmouth, 622 1/2; 2. Vermont, 575; 3. Utah, 545; 4. New Mexico, 518; 5. Dartmouth, 486; 6. Colorado, 438; 7. Alas. Anchorage, 436; 8. Middlebury, 326; 9. Nevada, 303; 10. New Mexico, 300; 11. Colby, 280; 12. New Hampshire, 222 1/2; 13. Montana St., 209; 14. Williams, 201; 15. Alas. Fairbanks, 165; 16. Boise St., 92; 17. Whitman, 71; 18. Michigan Tech, 61; 19. St. Lawrence, 56; 20. Wis.-Green Bay, 42; 21. Bates, 30; 22. Western St., 26.

Individual results

Men's 10-kilometer freestyle

1. Rene Reisshauer, Denver, 30:49.1; 2. John Stene, Denver, 31:10.9; 3. Henrik Hoye, Colorado, 31:16.4; 4. Havard Selseng, Denver, 31:21.4; 5. Bryan Cook, New Mexico, 31:34.2; 6. Dirk Grimm, New Mexico, 31:38.9; 7. Magnus Carlsson, Utah, 31:43.0; 8. Zachary Violett, Alas. Anchorage, 31:46.1; 9. Benjamin Sonntag, Alas. Anchorage, 31:52.4; 10. Jed Kallen-Brown, 32:01.4; 11. Ethan Foster, Vermont, 32:09.7; 12. Erling Christiansen, Colorado, 32:11.1; 13. Lowell Bailey, Vermont, 32:13.6; 14. Ben True, Dartmouth, 32:20.5; 15. Tor Erik Schjellerud, Colorado, 32:30.3; 16. Simon Vass, Nevada, 32:33.2; 17. Chris Mallory, New Hampshire, 32:34.4; 18. Geir-endre, Rogn, New Mexico, 32:37.3; 19. Michael Sinnott, Dartmouth, 32:46.7; 20. Jesse Carlstrom, Nevada, 32:54.9; 21. Bret Bedard, New Mexico, 32:55.0; 22. Ryan Foster, Vermont, 32:56.0; 23. Garrott Kuzzy, Middlebury, 32:58.3; 24. Kjetil Dammen, Alas. Anchorage, 33:01.0; 25. Gus Kaeding, New Mexico, 33:19.0; 26. Daniel Sonntag, Utah, 33:20.7; 27. Ben Koons, Dartmouth, 33:25.2; 28. Inge Kristoffersen, New Mexico, 33:26.1; 29. Thomas Oyberg, Alas. Fairbanks, 33:29.2; 30. Daniel Johnson, Bates, 33:47.9; 31. Mark Iverson, Montana St., 33:56.9; 32. Seth Hubbard, Bates, 34:14.8; 33. Thomas Kjerstad, Nevada, 34:33.3; 34. Erik Wickstrom, Alas. Fairbanks, 34:48.9; 35. Casey Simons, Utah, 34:53.7; 36. Angus McCusker, St. Lawrence, 35:46.0; 37. Hunter Karnedy, St. Lawrence, 36:12.5; 38. Morgan Goodwin, Williams, 36.36.7.

Women's 5-kilometer freestyle cross country

1. Mandy Kaempf, Alas. Anchorage, 17:19.3; 2. Lindsay Williams, Northern Mich., 17:29.1; 3. Martina Stursova, New Mexico, 17:49.3; 4. Alison Crocker, Dartmouth, 17:51.2; 5. Laura Valaas, Whitman, 18:04.4; 6. Tara Hamilton, Denver, 18:05.2; 7. Kristina Owen, Michigan Tech, 18:09.1; 8. Lindsey Weier, Northern Mich., 18:12.1; 9. Trine Lundamo, New Mexico, 18:14.5; 10. Sarah Hansen, Alas. Anchorage, 18:15.7; 11. Tami Kochen, Northern Mich., 18:18.1; 12. Elizabeth Harrington, Dartmouth, 18:21.7; 13. Sandra Gredig, Utah, 18:22.8; 14. Nicole Deyong, Alas. Anchorage, 18:35.9; 15. Johanna Turunen, Alas. Fairbanks, 18:37.2; 16. Muriele Hueberli, Colorado, 18:42.5; 17. Karoline Teien, Montana St., 18:42.7; 18. Barbro Hatlevik, Utah, 18:49.9; 19. Emily Robins, Montana St., 18:58.8; 20. Julia Sweider, Denver, 19:01.1; 21. Carina Hamel, Vermont, 19:08.2; 22. Evelyn Dong, Middlebury, 19:08.5; 23. Amelia Bishop, Williams, 19:09.3; 24. Nicole Naef, Utah, 19:09.7; 25. Amanda Bowden, Montana St., 19:11.3; 26. Sally Johnson, Nevada, 19:12.3; 27. Emilia Demarchis, Vermont, 19:13.0; 28. Tanya Cook, Wis.-Green Bay, 19:15.3; 29. Bodil Ryste, Denver, 19:16.9; 30. Johanna Winters, Wis.-Green Bay, 19:26.1; 31. Pirkko Pulkkanen, New Mexico, 19:26.6; 32. Kate Crawford, Vemont, 19:34.7; 33. Brooke Rygg, Colorado, 19:48.4; 34. Jessica Gray, Colorado, 19:51.9; 35. Paige Brady, Nevada, 19:53.9; 36. Elsa Sargent, Dartmouth, 19:57.3; 37. Emma Lohr, Whitman, 20:13.2; 38. Meghan Burns, St. Lawrence, 20:13.4; 39. Lia Prysunka, St. Lawrence, 20:28.9.

Men's giant slalom

1. Greg Hardy, Vermont, 1:45.49; 2. Warner Nickerson, Colby, 1:45.51; 3. Charles Christianson, Williams, 1:46.02; 4. John Rusten, Middlebury, 1:46.08; Lars Loeseth, New Mexico, 1:46.09; 6. Robert Saunders, Colby, 1:46.18; 7. Luke Patterson, Nevada, 1:46.31; 8. Evan Weiss, Dartmouth, 1:46.47; 9. Ben Thornhill, Utah, 1:46.59; 10. Paul Epstein, Vermont, 1:46.94; 11. Chris Frank, Williams, 1:47.16; 12. Todd Ligare, Dartmouth, 1:47.21; 13. Mark Heinrich-Wallace, Utah, 1:47.36; 14. Gregory Besse, Western St., 1:47.70; 15. Clayton Reed, Middlebury, 1:47.84; 16. Johnny Davidson, Vermont, 1:48.13; 17. Dominik Schweiger, Denver, 1:48.24; 18. Will McDonald, Utah, 1:48.78; 19. David Coriell, Middlebury, 1:49.12; 20. John Martz, New Hampshire, 1:49.45; 21. David Lamb, Denver, 1:49.63; 22. Joel Robert Adams, Colorado, 1:49.80; 23. Erik Kankainen, Dartmouth, 1:50.14; 24. Cameron Barnes, Nevada, 1:50.88; 25. Charlie Reed, Colby, 1:51.45; 26. Dave Duncan, Alas. Anchorage, 1:52.14; 27. Alex Mach, New Mexico, 1:52.63; 28. David Chodunsky, Dartmouth, 2:08.75; 29. David Koop, New Hampshire, 2:11.99; 30. Petter Roering, New Mexico, 2:21.75; 31. Andreas Neuhauser, Alas. Anchorage, 2:25.19; 32. Benjamin Drummond, New Hampshire, 2:38.27; 33. Christian Ringvold, Alas. Anchorage, 3:35.46.

Women's giant slalom

1. Jamie Kingsbury, Vermont, 1:55.03; 2. Abbi Lathrop, Colby, 1:57.53; 3. Courtney Calise, Dartmouth, 1:57.56; 4. Florence Roujas, Denver, 1:57.94; 5. April Mancuso, Utah, 1:58.00; 6. Jilyne McDonald, Vermont, 1:58.09; 7. Stephanie Vaughan, New Hampshire, 1:58.34; 8. Amy Cochran, Vermont, 1:59.13; 9. Pia Rivelsrud, Denver, 1:59.77; 10. Rachel Roosevelt, 2:00.34; 11. Erika Hogan, Colorado, 2:00.65; 12. Tara Martin, Middlebury, 2:01.35; 13. Quincy Young, Nevada, 2:02.01; 14. Smaranda Munteanu, Montana St., 2:02.18; 15. Addie Robinson, Williams, 2:02.23; 16. Rowena Bright, Utah, 2:02.48; 17. Nicole Wessen, Colby, 2:02.71; 18. Gladys Weidt, New Mexico, 2:03.17; 19. Spela Bertoncej, Boise St., 2:03.76; 20. Siri Ashton, Colby, 2:03.78; 21. Sasha Acher, Dartmouth, 2:04.20; 22. Karine Falck-Pedersen, Dartmouth, 2:05.62; 23. Margit Walter, Boise St., 2:07.29; 24. Kathrin Spendier, New Mexico, 2:08.62; 25. Christin Lathrop, Dartmouth, 2:09.00; 26. Cecily Lowenthal, Williams, 2:11.12; 27. Alex Munteanu, Montana St., 2:38.18.

Men's 20-kilometer classical cross country

1. Rene Reisshauer, Denver, 55:57.3; 2. Erling Christiansen, Colorado, 56:08.0; 3. Henrik Hoye, Colorado, 56:09.1; 4. Magnus Carlsson, Utah, 56:11.2; 5. Daniel Sonntag, Utah, 56:58.4; 6. John Stene, Denver, 57:00.3; 7. Lowell Bailey, Vermont, 57:04.9; 8. Ethan Foster, Vermont, 57:09.3; 9. Benjamin Sonntag, Alas. Anchorage, 57:18.5; 10. Dirk Grimm, New Mexico, 57:55.3; 11. Havard Selseng, Denver, 58:14.2; 12. Zachary Violett, Alas. Anchorage, 58:16.0; 13. Inge Kristoffersen, New Mexico, 58:17.1; 14. Jed Kallen-Brown, Alas. Fairbanks, 58:18.9; 15. Kjetil Dammen, Alas. Anchorage, 58:28.4; 16. Bret Bedard, New Mexico, 58:28.6; 17. Bryan Cook, New Mexico, 58:37.4; 18. Tor Erik Schjellerud, Colorado, 58:40.3; 19. Ben True, Dartmouth, 59:07.8; 20. Thomas Oyberg, Alas. Fairbanks, 59:25.7; 21. Jesse Carlstrom, Nevada, 59:41.2; 22. Garrott Kuzzy, Middlebury, 59:50.1; 23. Geir-endre Rogn, New Mexico, 59:59.4; 24. Simon Vass, Nevada, 1:00:05.6; 25. Erik Wickstrom, Alas. Fairbanks, 1:00:35.0; 26. Chris Mallory, New Hampshire, 1:00:35.3; 27. Ryan Foster, Vermont, 1:01:05.1; 28. Hunter Karnedy, St. Lawrence, 1:01:06.5; 29. Angus McCusker, St. Lawrence, 1:01:08.7; 30. Thomas Kjerstad, Nevada, 1:01:29.6; 31. Beau Baldock, Middlebury, 1:01:55.5; 32. Daniel Johnson, Bates, 1:02:03.9; 33. Gus Kaeding, New Mexico, 1:02:08.4; 34. Mark Iverson, Montana St., 1:02:13.4; 35. Morgan Goodwin, Williams, 1:02:32.8; 36. Seth Hubbard, Bates, 1:03:00.2; 37. Ben Koons, Dartmouth, 1:03:41.8; 38. Casey Simons, Utah, 1:05:10.0.

Women's 15-kilometer classical cross country

1. Mandy Kaempf, Alas. Anchorage, 46:18.8; 2. Nicole DeYong, Alas. Anchorage, 46:54.8; 3. Martina Stursova, New Mexico, 47:10.8; 4. Lindsay Williams, New Mexico, 47:25.5; 5. Trine Lundamo, New Mexico, 47:31.8; 6. Muriele Hueberli, Colorado, 47:45.7; 7. Sandra Gredig, Utah, 48:04.8; 8. Johanna Turunen, Alas. Fairbanks, 48:07.5; 9. Laura Valaas, Whitman, 48:07.8; 10. Elizabeth Harrington, Dartmouth, 48:11.2; 11. Nicole Naef, Utah, 48:18.4; 12. Kristina Owen, Michigan Tech, 48:20.2; 13. Kate Crawford, Vermont, 48:24.6; 14. Bodil Ryste, Denver, 48:28.2; 15. Tami Kochen, New Mexico, 48:30.1; 16. Alison Crocker, Dartmouth, 48:45.7; 17. Tara Hamilton, Denver, 48:51.8; 18. Pirkko Pulkkanen, New Mexico, 48:54.4; 19. Amanda Bowden, Montana St., 49:20.3; 20. Brooke Rygg, Colorado, 49:25.7; 21. Emilia Demarchis, Vermont, 49:26.7; 22. Barbro Hatlevik, Utah, 49:33.1; 23. Lindsey Weier, New Mexico, 49:33.8; 24. Evelyn Dong, Middlebury, 49:53.5; 25. Emily Robins, Montana St., 49:58.4; 26. Meghan Burns, St. Lawrence, 50:04.4; 27. Tanya Cook, Wis.-Green Bay, 50:07.5; 28. Julia Sweider, Denver, 50:15.8; 29. Sarah Hansen, Alas. Anchorage, 50:22.0; 30. Jessica Gray, Colorado, 50:47.5; 31. Lia Prysunka, St. Lawrence, 50:54.2; 32. Amelia Bishop, Williams, 50:58.6; 33. Johanna Winters, Wis.-Green Bay, 51:13.6; 34. Sally Johnson, Nevada, 51:42.2; 35. Karoline Teien, Montana St., 52:11.2; 36. Carina Hamel, Vermont, 52:13.4; 37. Elsa Sargent, Dartmouth, 53:41.2; 38. Emma Lohr, Whitman, 54:04.9; 39. Paige Brady, Nevada, 56:12.4.

Men's slalom

1. David Chodounsky, Dartmouth, 1:18.12; 2. John Rusten, Middlebury, 1:19.43; 3. Greg Hardy, Vermont, 1:19.69; 4. Dominik Schweiger, Denver, 1:19.85; 5. Mark Heinrich-Wallace, Utah, 1:21.26; 6. Erik Kankainen, Dartmouth, 1:21.53; 7. Lars Loeseth, 1:21.68; 8. Christian Ringvold, Alas. Anchorage, 1:21.84; 9. John Martz, New Hampshire, 1:22.68; 10. Paul Epstein, Vermont, 1:22.71; 11. Will McDonald, Utah, 1:22.97; 12. Chris Frank, Williams, 1:22.98; 12. Robert Saunders, Colby, 1:23.28; 14. Charlie Reed, Colby, 1:23.39; 15. Benjamin Drummond, New Hampshire, 1:24.01; 16. Todd Ligare, Denver, 1:24.03; 17. Warner Nickerson, Colby, 1:24.06; 18. Cory Harris, Montana St., 1:24.42; 19. Joel Robert Adams, Colorado, 1:25.21; 20. Petter Roering, New Mexico, 1:26.39; 21. Johnny Davidson, Vermont, 1:27.58; 22. Cameron Barnes, Nevada, 1:34.02; 23. David Coriell, Middlebury, 1:36.56; 24. Alex Mach, New Mexico, 1:37.22; 25. David Lamb, Denver, 1:37.66; 26. Luke Patterson, Nevada, 1:40.16; 27. Clayton Reed, Middlebury, 1:40.44; 28, David Koop, New Hampshire, 2:01.43; 29. Dave Duncan, Alas. Anchorage, 2:06.09; 30. Evan Weiss, Dartmouth, 2:26.05; 31. Andreas Neuhauser, Alas. Anchorage, 2:27.68; 32. Ben Thornhill, Utah, 3:34.27.

Women's slalom

1. Megan Hughes, Middlebury, 1:25.39; 2. Tiina Salo, Nevada, 1:25.43; 3. Florence Roujas, Denver, 1:26.46; 4. Lucie Zikova, 1:26.94; 5. Quincy Young, Nevada, 1:27.12; 6. Amy Cochran, Vermont, 1:27.26; 7. (tie) Sydney Mikkelson, New Hampshire, and Pia Rivelsrud, Denver, 1:27.77; 9. Gladys Weidt, New Mexico, 1:28.25; 10. Christin Lathrop, Dartmouth, 1:28.43; 11. Cecily Lowenthal, Williams, 1:29.06; 12. Margit Walter, Boise St., 1:29.17; 13. Sasha Acher, Dartmouth, 1:29.18; 14. Spela Bertoncej, Boise St., 1:29.73; 15. Lina Johansson, Utah, 1:29.79; 16. April Mancuso, Utah, 1:29.88; 17. Jilyne McDonald, 1:30.24; 18. Rowena Bright, Utah, 1:30.25; 19. Jessica Smith, Middlebury, 1:30.29; 20. Karine Falck-Pedersen, Denver, 1:30.82; 21. Smaranda Munteanu, Montana St., 1:30.94; 22. Kathrin Spendier, New Mexico, 1:31.04; 23. Jamie Kingsbury, Vermont, 1:32.14; 24. Erika Hogan, Colorado, 1:32.71; 25. Abbi Lathrop, Colby, 1:33.14; 26. Alex Munteanu, Montana St., 1:35.19; 27. Stephanie Vaughan, New Hampshire, 1:35.33; 28. Siri Ashton, Colby, 1:35.55; 29. Courtney Calise, Dartmouth, 1:36.24; 30. Tara Martin, 1:38.33; 31. Nicole Wessen, Colby, 1:45.16; 32. Julie-Pierre Leclerc, Alas. Anchorage, 1:49.01; 33. Addie Robinson, Williams, 2:02.06.